Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 19 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

William Magear Tweed
William Magear Tweed
American politician (1823-1878)
1824 – 1878
political bosspolitician
George Huntington
George Huntington
American physician (1850–1916); discoverer of Huntington's disease
1850 – 1916
medical writerneurologistphysician
Robert E. Sherwood
Robert E. Sherwood
American writer (1896–1955)
1896 – 1955
film criticjournalistdramaturge
Annie Edson Taylor
Annie Edson Taylor
American schoolteacher and daredevil; first person to successfully go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (1838–1921)
1838 – 1921
stunt performerteacher
Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner
American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist
1917 – 2012
non-fiction writerecologistenvironmentalist
Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel
American actor (1926-1997)
1926 – 1997
television actoractor
George Inness
George Inness
American landscape painter (1825-1894)
1825 – 1894
landscape paintervisual artistpainter
Paul Sweezy
Paul Sweezy
American economist (1910–2004)
1910 – 2004
economist
Jerry Weintraub
Jerry Weintraub
American film producer and former chairman and CEO of United Artists (1937–2015)
1937 – 2015
film actordirectorfilm producer
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
1957 – 2003
ecologistenvironmentalistfilm director
Gordon Douglas
American film director (1907-1993)
1907 – 1993
film screenwriterfilm actordirector
George Sidney
George Sidney
American film director and producer (1916-2002)
1916 – 2002
trade unionistdirectorfilm director
Fyvush Finkel
Fyvush Finkel
American actor (1922-2016)
1922 – 2016
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Ron Leibman
American actor (1937–2019)
1937 – 2019
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
John Kerr
John Kerr
American actor and lawyer (1931–2013)
1931 – 2013
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Joseph Polchinski
Joseph Polchinski
physicist working on string theory (1954–2018)
1954 – 2018
theoretical physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery Jr.
American actor (1913–1994)
1913 – 1994
film actortelevision actorcharacter actor
Malachi Throne
Malachi Throne
American actor (1928-2013)
1928 – 2013
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Eugene Garfield
Eugene Garfield
American information and library scientist (1925–2017)
1925 – 2017
linguistchemistlibrarian
Ted Wilde
Ted Wilde
American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)
1889 – 1929
directorfilm directorwriter
Frank Kameny
Frank Kameny
American activist and astronomer, Ph.D. Harvard University 1956 (1925–2011)
1925 – 2011
LGBTQ rights activistpolitical activistastronomer
Lindy Remigino
Lindy Remigino
American sprinter (1931–2018)
1931 – 2018
athletics competitorsprinter
Jane Colden
Jane Colden
American botanist (1724-1766)
1724 – 1766
botanistbotanical collector
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella Stewart Gardner
American art collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts (1840–1924)
1840 – 1924
art collectormuseum founderphilanthropist
Shelley Morrison
Shelley Morrison
American actress (1936–2019)
1936 – 2019
film actortelevision actoractor
Charles Jewtraw
Charles Jewtraw
American speed skater (1900–1996)
1900 – 1996
speed skater
Hélène de Pourtalès
Hélène de Pourtalès
Swiss sailor (1868–1945)
1868 – 1945
skipper
Henriette Avram
Henriette Avram
American computer programmer and system analyst (1919–2006)
1919 – 2006
programmerlibrariancomputer scientist
Moses I. Finley
American-born British academic and classical scholar (1912–1986)
1912 – 1986
historian of classical antiquityclassical scholaruniversity teacher
Anita Louise
Anita Louise
American actress (1915–1970)
1915 – 1970
film actortelevision actoractor
Elmer Rice
Elmer Rice
American playwright (1892–1967)
1892 – 1967
directortheatre directorpoet lawyer
Charles W. Gilmore
Charles W. Gilmore
paleontologist (1874-1945)
1874 – 1945
paleontologistgeologistcurator
Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
American film producer, director, and screenwriter (1936–2019)
1936 – 2019
directorfilm producerfilm director
William Blum
William Blum
American author and historian (1933–2018)
1933 – 2018
opinion journalistjournalisthistorian
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer
American geneticist (1921–2007)
1921 – 2007
behavior geneticistbiophysicistgeneticist
Benjamin Morrell
Benjamin Morrell
American explorer (1795–1839)
1795 – 1839
explorer
Frank Loesser
Frank Loesser
American songwriter (1910–1969)
1910 – 1969
librettistfilm score composerlyricist
Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake
American actress (1929–1989)
1929 – 1989
film actortelevision actoractor
Mark Snow
American composer for film and television (1946–2025)
1946 – 2025
film score composermusiciansinger
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
1948 – 1997
chemist
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel
American writer and journalist (1967–2020)
1967 – 2020
autobiographerjournalistjurist
Donald Keene
Donald Keene
Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)
1922 – 2019
japanologistlinguistlibrettist
William Windom
William Windom
American actor (1923–2012)
1923 – 2012
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)
1757 – 1854
hymnwriterphilanthropist
Lucy Burns
Lucy Burns
American suffragist (1879-1966)
1879 – 1966
suffragistfeministteacher
Daniel Giraud Elliot
Daniel Giraud Elliot
American zoologist (1835–1915)
1835 – 1915
zoological collectorornithologistzoologist
Madison Grant
Madison Grant
American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937)
1865 – 1937
racial theoristeugenicistconservationist
Charles Bacon
Charles Bacon
American athlete (1885–1968)
1885 – 1968
athletics competitor
May McAvoy
May McAvoy
American actress (1899–1984)
1899 – 1984
film actoractor
Francis Hunter
Francis Hunter
US tennis player (1894–1981)
1894 – 1981
tennis player
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